Every parent wants to do right by their children, and sometimes that means making decisions that at the time their kids may not understand . This can often be related to ????????? ???????, such as asking for one’s children to pay bills to help around the house.
Depending on the child’s age, this can be controversial to some people, as it can feel like the parent ???’? ????? ?????????? ????? ?????. But another school of thought is that teaching children about bills early on can show them valuable lessons about life, related to ??????? ??? ???????? ?????, all before they’ve even left the safety of the family nest. In a way, it could actually be doing the child a huge favor.
One mother from Florida, who goes by the name of CraftedAndCozy on TikTok, believes it’s never too early to teach kids this lesson. She begins her now-viral video by explaining she has a ????????? ???? that she’s incorporated in her household for two months and it’s been “extremely successful.”
She explains her 7-year-old has a ????? ???? ???? he must finish each day, and if he does so, he earns $1 per day. But then at the end of the month, “he realizes he has ????? ?? ??? … he has his rent, he has electricity for his room, and he also has his internet for his iPad.” The bills are ???? ?? ??? ?????? and in a follow-up video, she explains it amounts to $5 for rent, $2 for electricity and $2 for the internet. She goes on:
“He then understands that throughout the month he has two buckets. He has his ‘??? ?????’ ??? ??? ‘???? ?????.’ It is up to his responsibility to categorize his money and where he’s going to put it into those buckets before the end of the month.”
The mom then explains that she doesn’t do anything with his money except for ??? ?? ???????? ???? ??? ??????? ???????, before adding:
“It has taught him the ????? ?? ? ?????? ??? ??????????????.”
She goes on to say she’s so pleased with how ??? ?????? is working out and that hopefully, it will help others out there. After the video was posted, it went viral, garnering over 2.7 million views. After the woman received a lot of further questions, she released a follow-up video explaining some of the details further. In her part two video, she shows her son’s task list, which includes:
“Make the bed, brush your teeth, clean your bathroom, put your dirty clothes in the bin.”
She follows this up, stating:
“If I see he’s being ?????????? ?? ??? ????, for instance, if he gets out of the shower, drops the towel right next to the towel hook, it’s going on his task list next week.”
The woman also ?????? ???? ??? ???????? ??????? he has to pay for his rent and utilities, as mentioned above, making it clear that his bills only account for up to 30% of his monthly “income.”
While the woman hasn’t run into the problem of her son not paying his bills yet, she does mention that if it happens she says she believes she’ll “give an extension for the next month and then have that conversation at that time.”
It’s certainly an innovative approach to ???????? ???????? ????? ???????? ????? and with experts suggesting it’s never too early to begin doing so, it could be worth trying out.
Source: APOST
